Shopping for makeup

This may come as a shock for many people, but I didn't start shopping for makeup until I was in my 20's! I never was much of a looks' girl, I actually was the nerdy skinny ugly girl at school.

But one day I decided to give it a try (shockingly inspired by my little teenage sister). And so, as everything I set my mind to, I had to research and learn in order to master it. I haven't gotten quite yet to the master part, but I'm still going for it.

At first I thought that I could buy any makekup and apply it and that was it. But with my research I came across this youtube channel called Makeup Geek, which totally opened my eyes to the REAL makeup art. So it was an art after all. It's like painting on a face shaped canvas. I had never seen it like that. And digging up on my oil painting classes drawer in my head, I decided to get inspired by it.

I learned that you can actually make yourself look so much prettier according to your outfit and the ocassion. It was not a banality after all, it was self improvement...personal marketing! (Ironic for me to discover this so far up the road).

Anyways, in my makeup shopping experience I learned to love MAC: great eyeshadows, endless colors, unbeatable bronzing powder and eye kohl, and a must for your 3 basic brushes (I'd buy them all but they're quite expensive). I also discovered Revlon True Blending Foundation, for make up that doesn't look like makeup and their great blemish concealer. Clinique tends to be the expert on eye care for me and their All About Eyes Cream and concealer it's a winner on my list. And finally Loreal's Double Extend mascara has come to be my favorite (I love long definded lashes instead of thick ones, and I have never been able to deal with the fake eyelashes).

Now I have become a makeup addict and I find myself compulsively shopping for new eyeshadows all the time and being fascinated by new products (quickly becoming a Sephora fan)...I think I am shoppaholic afterall!